EQUITY MOVERS:
* A Sinai pumping station along the pipeline to Israel was
attacked on the night between July 29 and July 30. Ampal-American Israel Corp. (AMPL IT) owns 12.5 percent of Egyptian-gas importer East Mediterranean Gas Co.
* Noble Energy Inc. said it expects test results late this year
on the Leviathan natural gas field in which it is partnered with
Avner Oil Exploration-LP (AVNRL IT), Delek Drilling-LP (DEDRL
IT) and Ratio Oil Exploration 1992 LP (RATIL IT).
* Options traders are boosting bets to the highest level since
October that Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (MLNX IT), the maker of
data-center adapters and software part-owned by Oracle Corp.,
will extend a rally on demand for cloud technology.
* Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA IT), the world’s
biggest maker of generic drugs, won’t be able to enter the
market with its version of Eli Lilly & Co.’s attention deficit
treatment Strattera after Lilly won a U.S. Court of Appeals
ruling on the medicine’s patent.

MARKETS:
* TA-25 Index dropped 1.8 percent to 1,232.74.
* The yield on the Mimshal Shiklit government bond due January
2020 was at 5 percent.
* The shekel gained 0.1 percent to 3.4210 per dollar on July 29.
* Crude oil for September delivery dropped 1.8 percent to $95.70
a barrel.
* Gold for immediate delivery rose 0.7 percent to $1,627.88 an
ounce.